February 7, 2026
The Pedal Turn, At Last
I spent this past week reviewing skis at the 2026 Mammoth Mountain WWSRA On-Snow Demo but who really cares? The big news is I finally cracked the code on the pedal-hop (more)
January 19, 2026
January, in Brief
The big news would be the destruction of Highway 2, which cruelly brings to an end 2025's three-month Socal backcountry skiing miracle: drive-up access to snow. I haven't seen (more)
January 7, 2026
One Year Later
One year ago today, the Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed an estimated 13,000 to 16,000 homes and structures and killed at least 28 people. Our very lucky cat Violet was home (more)
December 22, 2025
A Lot of Water
Lot of water on the way—I expect we'll see something similar to the previous storm cycles, which means not a lot of snow at SoCal resort levels but tons above 8K or (more)
December 15, 2025
A Baden-Powell Sampler
With the 2 open and a blanket of deep snow to the west of Vincent Gap, oh how spoiled we've become. It may be dry out there, but the skiing remains fantastic. Yes of course (more)
December 9, 2025
Mountain High
While my friends and I continue to find scattered patches of wintery snow here and there in our top-secret skiing stashes, conditions appear to have reverted to the more familiar (more)
November 26, 2025
Baden-Powell Again
I know, I tend to rhapsodize when the San Gabriels have snow, but hear me out: perched as they are atop desert, city, and sea, is there really a better place to ski? My son and (more)
November 23, 2025
The Throoping Will Continue…
Until morale improves. Although, actually, morale is pretty good right now. The 2 is open and... what on Earth is happening out there, people? It's madness. Madness! But (more)
November 20, 2025
November Throop
The saga continues: this week's storm dropped copious amounts of moisture on our local mountains, and, above 8000 feet, at least temporarily brought things back into the "skiable" (more)
November 18, 2025
Twenty Years of SierraDescents
On November 11, 2005, I hit the "publish" button for the very first time and sierradescents.com went live, beginning what would become an ongoing project of sharing and (more)
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